Shockingly Small Portion Of Democrats Are Proud To Be American, Poll Shows

Fewer Democrats are “extremely” or “very” proud to be American than at any point in the last 25 years, a new poll shows.

Just 36% of Democrats said they are beyond “moderately proud” of their country, down from 62% in 2024, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. The survey found that overall American pride is at a record low of 58%, but Democrats are “mostly” responsible for the decline.

Democrats’ current level of national pride is at its lowest since 2020, when it was 42%, according to Gallup. It jumped to 62% once former President Joe Biden took office the following year, and it stayed above 50% throughout his term. The last time the percentage reached above 80% for Democrats was under former President Barack Obama.

Patriotism among Republicans does not correlate as strongly with election wins, Gallup’s polling indicates.

Eighty-five percent of Republicans were “very” or “extremely” proud to be American in 2024 while Biden was in office. Republicans’ national pride stayed in the 80-90% range throughout Biden’s presidency, but for Democrats, it cratered after President Donald Trump returned to office.

Independents’ pride in their country similarly hit a new low of 53%, down from 64% in 2024, according to the poll. Republicans have consistently been the proudest to be American since 2001, when Gallup first started taking the survey.

The survey also found that the younger Americans are, the less likely they are to be proud of their country. Generation Z is the only cohort with less than a majority who said they are very or extremely proud to be American at 41%. This contrasts with the patriotism among 58% of Millennials, 71% of Generation X and 75% of Baby Boomers, the poll shows.

Gallup noted that it conducted its poll before Trump decided to bomb Iranian nuclear sites on June 21. A Tyson Group survey found that most voters approved of the strikes, Axios reported Friday.